10-letter words containing h, o, t, a, n
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- marathoner — a runner who competes in a marathon.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matterhorn — a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 feet (4505 meters).
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- methanogen — any of a diverse group of widely distributed archaebacteria that occur in anaerobic environments, as the intestinal tracts of animals, freshwater and marine sediments, and sewage, and are capable of producing methane from a limited number of substrates, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, acetate, and methylamines: an important source of natural gas.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- midlothian — Formerly Edinburgh. a historic county in SE Scotland.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- monanthous — bearing one flower.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- moth-eaten — eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
- motherland — one's native land.
- muttonhead — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- mythomania — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
- nationhood — the state or quality of having status as a separate and independent nation: an African colony that achieved nationhood.
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- non-lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- nonathlete — a person who is not an athlete
- nonchalant — coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
- nonethical — not related to ethics
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nonthermal — Not thermal; not produced by heat.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- north star — Polaris.
- north-east — The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
- northlands — Plural form of northland.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- not a hope — used ironically to express little confidence that expectations will be fulfilled
- not a whit — You say not a whit or not one whit to emphasize that something is not the case at all.
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- notch baby — a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- nottingham — a city in SW Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- nouakchott — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.
- ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
- octachoron — (mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a cube, constructed out of sixteen cubes.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- on draught — Beer that is on draught is kept in and served from a barrel rather than a bottle.
- on the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.